Young Jaxon Hartley, his mother Kayla Hartley and Barb Ruby enjoy the model railroad display at the Kalispell Center Mall Saturday, November 27. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake) Bill Luce and his ...

David Chipps, owner of Chipper’s Hobby Center inside the Crown Antique Mall in Washington Crown Center in North Franklin Township, arranges some of his wares. Books to hold collectible coins, such as ...

Train lovers of all ages can enjoy the Great Northeast Model Train Show at the Holiday Inn Scranton East, 200 Tigue St., Dunmore, on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. hosted by Bernie Macavage, owner of ...

On the top floor of an old red barn in Wilson - the Antique Barn and Hobby Shop - is 467 miles of mainline railroad track. It's an enormous model-train layout, and the trains are running. The ...

PHILADELPHIA — Charlie Verenna has a knack for making children miserable. "I see more kids crying as they're going out the door," Verenna says. "Their mothers and fathers are dragging them. They don't ...

Like a lot of baby-boomer kids, Jack Smith had model trains growing up in the 1950s. But unlike most children of the era, he never drifted away from the hobby. Smith, 71, still has his original Lionel ...